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St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
St. Guenole, wrecked at Gribba Point, November 1st 1948
Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…
Lyminge ashore near Land's End after thick fog, September 19th 1931.
The Lyminge was a steamer owned by the Messrs of Constants of Cardiff. The vessel wrecked at Gurnards Hedges on September 19th 1931.
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David &…
Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David &…
Clan Malcolm, wrecked at Mulvin Rock, September 26th 1935
The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…
Cecilia , ketch ashore at Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives, January 25th 1935
The Bideford ketch Cecilia became the last sailing ship to be wrecked in St. Ives Bay. Manned by Captain Frederick Bennett of Ilfracombe, and his sons John and Arthur, she broke loose while discharging coal from Lydney alongside Smeatons Pier during…
Men examining damaged deck of fishing boat
Fishermen, accompanied by smartly dressed man in suit, examining damaged deck of fishing boat
Aida Lauro, wrecked at Kenidjack, June 30th 1937.
The last large steamer wrecked at Cape Cornwall fell to the 4,538-ton Aida Lauro of Naples.
She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…
She had been launched in July 1923 by the Richardson Dock Company of Stockton as the Randor, for the Cardigan Shipping Company, and was a steel screw…
English L1 Submarine wrecked at Carn Gloose
The submarine broke away from the tug taking her to scrapyard and came ashore
Sailing Ship Ross Bridge Steam RollerThis Schooner is the" Leon Burau."
The vessel is the Leon Bureau, a three masted sailing Schooner in Penzance floating dock.
The Schooner Leon Bureau of Nantes was carrying 2,600 tons of wheat from Adelaide to Falmouth.
On June 18th 1909, she hit the northern end of the rocks,…
The Schooner Leon Bureau of Nantes was carrying 2,600 tons of wheat from Adelaide to Falmouth.
On June 18th 1909, she hit the northern end of the rocks,…
Anchor shaped wreath for drowned Spanish sailors
Wreath for drowned crew of Spanish coaster Juan Ferrer.
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned…
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned…
Catholic Priest blessing coffins of Spanish crew
The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…
Representative at funeral Spanish crew.
Juan Ferrer wrecked off Boscawen Point, Lands End.
Funeral of shipwrecked crew of Spanish coaster wrecked of Boscawen Point. The coffins are in Penzance cemetary
Only survivor from the wreck of the Steamer , 'Febrero' Roque Triarte ,cook . 1910 see Angove PEOP 8.073
Triarte managed to jump and swim away before ship sank. Picked up on cliffs at Nanjizel. Ref Larn/Carter wrecks off south coast